November 26, 2006
Four more sleeps
Only four more sleeps until Oma and Opa arrive from the Netherlands! In the meantime Jacob had a very sociable weekend with Saturday spent painting and growing dinosaurs with Tante Alix. This allowed Ron and I to do a last minute dash around the shopping strips of the north and buy, amongst other things, a futon for Oma and Opa to sleep on.
Sunday, Jacob spent playing in the local playground at a morning arranged for parents from his creche to meet each other and after that it was over to his new-best-friend Issac's who was celebrating his 4th birthday. It was Jacob's first 'real' birthday party, (aside from those held for relatives and at creche's and his own) and he was introduced to all the wonders of Pin the Tail on the Donkey, Pass-the-Parcel, Egg and Spoon Races and penata smashing. Wide-eyed and exhausted he coped with it all quite well and still managed to play sociably with his favourite host.
Other notable events of the day; it was the first time the chooks were let out to free range. Tomato seedlings and basil and lettuce went into the vegetable garden. Very late for tomatoes but then we started late.
Posted by Faith